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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1930
Page
5
Veteran Charlie Lockwood, eighty seven, hosts a strange dinner in Minnesota with thirty seven chairs, thirty six draped in black and empty. He toasts his dead comrades from the Last Man's Club of 1885 and ponders loyalty, memory, and unspoken regrets.
A series of social events fills the week with teas and bridge luncheons hosted by Mrs. Woods for Mrs. Carol Humphrey of Des Moines, Iowa, and Mrs. Harold Hildreth. visitors Misses Kitchens, Ewing, and Smith join local honorees. Rotary and Mizpah activities, Legion Auxiliary drive, and wedding notices round out the society page with parties, prizes, and forthcoming outings.
Mrs F M Sittason and children plan to leave for Cincinnati after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs A H Kelley. R T Kelley and family from Sheffield visit relatives in the city. Miss Violen Louise Berry returns from a visit to Daphine and Venus Kelley in Sheffield. Numerous locals travel to Nashville Montgomery Birmingham and Mt Hope for visits and weekends. Master George Lawhorn recovers from illness. Miss Helen Turner to start at Woman's College Montgomery. Several families return from trips and guests arrive from Ohio Memphis and Decatur prior to Labor Day.
Several Decatur Birmingham and Huntsville residents traveled Friday to Huntsville for the Bozo O Harra fight. Names include E R Guy Oscar Morrow and many locals visiting relatives and spending weekends in Florida Mississippi and Alabama.
In this 1930 King Features piece Helen Rowland argues men want women who are reasonable not emotional. The essay contrasts past fainting and fluster with modern cool restraint while asserting emotions remain a natural female trait. It claims women should be understood as reasonable beings rather than misjudged as hard boiled.
A community message rails against sin as cause of family breakdown and social decline. The speaker warns that the word sin wrecks homes, leads youth astray, fuels crime, and crucifies Christ, urging tighter discipline to restore order and hope.
In Morgan County a probate office list shows 41 youths barred from marriage by guardians orders. Nine are boys and the rest girls under legal age. one girl has a five year license denial noted opposite her name.
Labor Day observance noted with no rural mail deliveries and bank closures. Rail workers will participate in the holiday, while few locals in Decatur regard it as meaningful, treating it as another ordinary day for workers.
A prized circus horse collapsed and died here this afternoon as it was unloaded from the circus train. The sudden death occurred amid crowds gathered on the grounds for a day of performances, leaving the Circus to deal with the loss.
Decatur residents expecting a 8 o'clock start found unloading completed by ten. A large crowd gathered early to watch gilded wagons and cages roll from the railroad cars and into the procession toward Malone park.
Butler Hine of the American Legion Post prepares a mailing questionnaire to all former soldiers and sailors in the county. The form seeks current disability and insurance status and is expected to be mailed within days.
The Daily reporters J. W. Lowe E. C. Powell Avery Safley and Verbon Lowery attended the Legion boxing show in Huntsville last night.
The Decatur library receives three new fiction titles The Laughing Boy Petticoat Court and The Door along with donated works Tragic Era and other volumes The library plans interior redecorating and a furnace installation to improve public access and comfort with board members confident of building a praiseworthy city library supported by gifts and civic interest
Butler Hine was among the Deca tur Legionnaires attending Huntsville Post boxing night last evening.
Morgan county residents prepare for the dove shooting season opening Monday. Hunters stock up on ammunition and gear as forecasters estimate the dove crop will reach expected standards.
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